Swampscott field hockey team hopes to keep shutout streak going Thursday against Gloucester

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Sep 19, 2012 at 12:01 AMSep 19, 2012 at 7:00 PM

The Big Blue rebounded from their first and only shutout loss with a pair of shutout wins to end last week.

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The Big Blue rebounded from their first and only shutout loss with a pair of shutout wins to end last week.

On Sept. 12, Swampscott defeated Danvers, 4-0, followed two days later by a 2-0 shutout of Saugus.

Head coach Toby Channen said the team played in the Sept. 12 game just as strongly as it had played against Beverly in its 3-0 loss on Sept. 10, but a big difference was the Danvers game was not on turf.

“We weren’t playing differently. We played very strong in Beverly, but the turf obviously changed things,” said Channen. “We scored pretty quickly against Danvers. The girls played totally like a team – like a family is how I can describe it.”

Goals were scored by Julieann Marquis (assisted by Tori Thistle), freshman Christina King (assisted by Alexa Steriti), sophomore Annie Kane (assisted by Steriti) and a “beautiful” breakaway by Thistle.

“She got the ball before the 50-yard line and brought it all the way down and scored, unassisted,” said Channen.

Against Saugus, the team had issues with its corner play. Out of 11 corners, they didn’t score on any. Thistle and Steriti scored unassisted goals in that game.

“Tori has obviously been our leading scorer for the last two years, and has come in more prepared than ever, really in tip-top shape and raring to go,” said Channen. “Alexa has always consistently been strong.”

However, a shutout cannot happen without a tenacious defense to keep things quiet on the back end of the field.

Katie Samiljan in goal, Nora Walker at sweep and fellow defenders Tessa Beane, Lisa Vu and Angela Videtta have been tough on other teams’ offenses.

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